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Thursday, April 30, 2026
TopicCooking gas

Topic: cooking gas

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

Blue flame of Indian gas stoves ‘flickering’—global media spotlights ‘anxiety’ over LPG

NYT & BBC report on rumours of shortage of cooking gas while FT looks at India’s lowering of barriers to Chinese investment and the ‘wariness’ behind it.

Delhi scrambles to stock up LPG cylinders. Long queues, induction cooktops sold out

The ongoing tensions in West Asia have triggered fears of an LPG supply disruption in India. Even before any visible shortage has appeared, behaviour on the ground has already begun to change.

LPG subsidies, free bus rides give women what they want. That precious thing called leisure

Welfare programmes like Ujjwala or Shakti offer women precious moments of social time away from monotonous unpaid work, catering to the needs of the average woman voter.

India should have natural gas storage, says Petroleum-Natural Gas Regulatory Board chairman

India has 5 million tonnes of strategic petroleum reserves but no storage facilities for natural gas yet.

Balloons to store gas: How Pakistan welcomed 2023 during gas crisis

Even residents in affluent neighbourhoods of Pakistan are complaining that they either no longer have gas to cook food.

Why the kitchen’s become an ‘undisputed place of worship’ & common man suffers ‘price rise’ burn

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Look at petrol, diesel prices – not frothy stock markets – for health of Indian economy

Petrol and diesel prices & higher bond yield curve are better indicators of rising discontent than shares floating on govt-injected liquidity.

On Camera

Newspapers, TV channels hesitate to name a victor in Bengal. ‘Kaante ki takkar’

The CPI(M) and Congress barely made it to the headlines. While newspapers have written about the two parties, they have been almost completely ignored by television news.

Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

The 500,000 tonne-per-year plant produced just 94,000 tonnes of refined copper from April 2025 to February this year.

Indian drone tech company ideaForge signs MoU with Japanese firm to develop next-gen AI powered drones

By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.